An advisory panel is holding a virtual meeting to decide whether to recommend the Food and Drug Administration approve Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the United States.

The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet until 6 p.m.

This morning, on the New Normal show, News 12's Elizabeth Hashagen was joined by News 12's Beth Cefalu with the latest developments on the vaccine.

Dr. Thomas McGinn also joined the show to talk about this historic day in the search for a COVID-19 cure. Dr. McGinn is the Executive Vice President of Physician Enterprise at CommonSpirit Health. Below is what he had to say about the vaccine: